Interventions, in order of cost effectiveness

Grantmaking that directs your donation where it helps most

Recent grants with outstanding outcomes.
People for Animals Uttarakhand and Cage Free Free Range Poultry Producers Association
$58,650
2025 Q1
Training of Trainers (5-day) in India to equip key stakeholders with best practices in cage-free egg farming
$58,650
2025 Q1
Hear This Idea
$6,196.87
2024 Q3
Ongoing support for Hear This Idea, a podcast about ideas for solving important problems
$6,196.87
2024 Q3
Logan Smith
$40,000
2024 Q3
6-month stipend to create language model (LM) tools to aid alignment research through feedback and content generation
$40,000
2024 Q3
The Center for Responsible Seafood
$117,000
2024 Q4
Research & pilot program on humane chill-killing at Indian shrimp farms to inform global certification standards
$117,000
2024 Q4
Robert Miles
$121,575
2023 Q3
1-year stipend to make videos and podcasts about AI Safety/Alignment, and build a community to help new people get involved
$121,575
2023 Q3

How we decide what to fund

Our general approach towards grantmaking has been heavily influenced by GiveWell and the Open Philanthropy Project, two grantmaking organizations with significant experience and a strong track record.

Expected value

We balance risk and reward, sometimes backing bold projects with big potential impact.

Marginal impact

We ask how much more good a project can do with extra money, not just how well it’s doing now.

Counterfactual impact

What would happen if we didn’t fund a project: could someone else step in or is our support crucial?

Track record

We look at the people and organizations behind a project, and their history of delivering results.

Information value

Some grants are valuable because they test new ideas and generate insights for the future.

Direct and indirect effects

We weigh both immediate outcomes and knock-on effects, positive or negative.

Scope and limitations

Our funds are bound by scopes and limitations, which serve to guide our grantmakers.
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What our grantees have achieved

Examples of how donations to our funds have made a difference.
Driving cage-free adoption in neglected, high-producing countries

Driving cage-free adoption in neglected, high-producing countries

Published novel research on mechanistic interpretability methods for language models

Published novel research on mechanistic interpretability methods for language models

Establishing the field of shrimp welfare and reducing the suffering of billions

Establishing the field of shrimp welfare and reducing the suffering of billions

Convened a multinational strategic retreat for high-impact community builders

Convened a multinational strategic retreat for high-impact community builders

Analyzed the impact of face masks on COVID-19

Analyzed the impact of face masks on COVID-19

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